[单项选择]Education has been a high-return as well as a high-risk investment for the individual.
A. 读书对于个体来说，高回报与高风险投资是一样的。
B. 对于个体来说，读书是一个高回报和高风险的投资。
C. 对于个体来讲，教育是一种高回报投资和一种高风险投资。
D. 教育对个人来说既是一种高回报投资，也是一种高风险投资。

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Text 2 The moral high ground has always been female territory. Men, after all, lie and cheat and rob and pollute the environment and disproportionately populate the prisons, while women do their best to appreciate their good qualities. Some women, at least. But with the rise of feminism, the assaults on men’s moral integrity have become more frequent, and the belief in their arrogance and lack of concern for anything but their own selfish ends has become a truism. It’s the men who are greedy. It’s the men who are disloyal. It’s the men who will do anything for money. It’s the men who are immature. In the world of sport, male athletes are whipping boys of talk radio. They have graced the cover of Sports Illustrate, and on the inside have been spoken evil of for sins, among them greed, disdain for the fans who pay their unreasonably high salaries, and a lack of respect for the game that the fans love and that has made them rich. Female athletes,
A. All female athletes will withstand the temptations.
B. Only a few athletes are able to withstand the temptations.
C. Most female athletes are able to withstand the temptations.
D. The number of female athletes who will withstand the temptations is unknown.

[单项选择] _____ he completed his education abroad, he has been working for a travel agency in Shanghai.
A. As soon as
B. Since
C. By the time
D. When

[单项选择]My nephew has been to Iraq and Iran as well as all of Europe. By the time he's twenty-five, he ______ almost everywhere.
A. will be
B. will have been
C. would have been
D. would be

[单项选择]I am sure Tom has been here and has done ______.
A. that required him
B. which was required of him
C. what was required of him
D. what has been required him

[单项选择]There must have been someone who has {{U}}instigated{{/U}} a rebellion because the people are so well organized.
A. incited
B. tampered
C. intruded
D. meddled

[单项选择]As has always been the case when tragedy has struck our community, the people of our town feel the obligation, and rightly so, to ------- in support of the victim and his family.
A. (A) entrench
B. (B) rally
C. (C) disseminate
D. (D) convoke
E. (E) apologize

[单项选择]The new factory that has been built next to us has ______ the value of our house.
A. demoralized
B. depreciated
C. deterred
D. derailed

[单项选择]What have been done to guarantee quality education
A. Grouping schools together.
B. Connecting education with economy.
C. Upgrading some good students to colleges of higher education.
D. Putting together different subjects and research-development facilities into a dozen of colleges of higher education.

[单项选择]A client who has stress incontinence has been given a pamphlet that describes Kegel exercises. Which of the following statements indicates that the client has understood the instructions in the pamphlet
A. "It will probably take a year before the exercises are effective. "
B. "I should perform these exercises every evening. "
C. "I can do these exercises sitting up, lying down, or standing. "
D. "I need to tighten my abdominal muscles to do these exercises correctly. "

[单项选择]Family education has a great on children in many ways.
A. result
B. danger
C. disadvantage
D. effect

[单项选择]The emphasis on the importance of education has {{U}}spurred{{/U}} scientific research.
A. encouraged
B. fastened
C. raised
D. initiated